Bonsai Hacker

A little over 2 years ago a friend invited me to get together with him and a small group of other developers for one of the first jellys in birmingham. At the time I had no idea what it was but the idea of working around other like minded developers sparked my interest. Even though [...]

Last Saturday on October 16, Microsoft hosted the 2nd Southeast User Group Leadership Summit (SEUGLS) at Microsoft’s Alpharetta, GA office. O’Reilly Media and Pearson Education were also supporters of the event providing a nice book selection for attendees. The event again brought together community leaders from throughout the southeast for a day of networking and [...]

Ok I have been sitting on this post since just before barcamp Birmingham. After having a blast at Dragon*Con 2010 and meeting some other awesome conference planners I decided to go ahead and push it out as I have several other conference related post that have entered my though process. This was a post on [...]

Its been a month since my last Desktop Notes post. Mainly due to alot going on in the past month. This is what has been going on: Post Ignite Birmingham tasks BarCamp Birmingham 4 Planning and then the event itself Bringing back Birmingham Jelly Loads of new projects at work! IPSA Summer Networking Event Working [...]

Its been a long time since I did a Desktop Notes article to kind of give people an idea as to what I have been up to so I figured I would put a quick piece together. We held the first Ignite Birmingham Event here in beautiful Birmingham, AL http://www.ignitebirmingham.com/ Went to the Southeast Linuxfest and Rendezvous Bonsai [...]

I have been a few weeks since I started to re-arrange the bonsai on my deck to get better sun and to also look a little nicer so I figured I would do a quick photo post on the subject. Between long work hours and family time this has taken weeks when it should have [...]

I’m a huge fan of community. It is something that all of us have experienced and has helped shape who we are today. Which is one of the reasons I have tried to involve myself with the local tech community so much. The value that groups such as Tech Birmingham, Birmingham Venture Club, and all [...]

Considering that talking about “Community” is what made me want to really try and restart the blog for umpteen-hundredth time, I figure a post on Ignite would be in order. Hopefully this will help create a more lively discourse about the Birmingham Tech Community, and hopefully other associated communities as well. This really all began [...]

Ok I have decided to relaunch my blog yet again. The purpose of this blog hasn’t changed, it is to have a place for my thoughts and notes on various things I am involved in. This ranges from Bonsai to technology. I plan on having articles on my bonsai trees and general care, as well [...]

Looks like its time for another installment of Desktop Notes. Well we just had the nicest weekend of year here in birmingham so its been a decent start to the week if nothing else. Last Friday I went my first Birmingham Lunch Bunch meeting and had a lot of fun seeing everyone. I used to [...]